CONVERSATION STARTERS Articles and videos should be available and free online. If not, please let me know.
Rigor A takeoff on misunderstandings of rigor. Funny! Added 7/2/13. Thinking About Thinking if preKs can Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate in this thinking activity, everyone can. VIDEO. 16 minutes. Barry Lane's More Than a Number great song to provoke conversation Literacy 2.0 - The New Frontier in The Digital Age - IRA and Bam radio partnership to bring podcasts from leaders in the field Do You Believe In Me? 5th grade boy is the keynote speaker at Dallas School Convocation Mindset Articles and site by Carol Dweck, How Not To Talk To Your Kids Podcast Teachers Affect How Students Perform (Article, too) Science Teacher "We had some spectacular failures..." Video added 5.8.13.
ARTICLES for Teacher Socratic Seminars, PLCs or Staff Meetings
CONVERSATION STARTERS Articles and videos should be available and free online. If not, please let me know.
Rigor A takeoff on misunderstandings of rigor. Funny! Added 7/2/13.
Thinking About Thinking if preKs can Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate in this thinking activity, everyone can. VIDEO. 16 minutes.
Barry Lane's More Than a Number great song to provoke conversation
Literacy 2.0 - The New Frontier in The Digital Age - IRA and Bam radio partnership to bring podcasts from leaders in the field
Do You Believe In Me? 5th grade boy is the keynote speaker at Dallas School Convocation
Mindset Articles and site by Carol Dweck, How Not To Talk To Your Kids
Podcast Teachers Affect How Students Perform (Article, too)
Science Teacher "We had some spectacular failures..." Video added 5.8.13.
ARTICLES for Teacher Socratic Seminars, PLCs or Staff Meetings
5 Tips to Avoid Teacher Burnout - Edutopia7 Tips for Maximizing PD - Ed Leadersip
10 Questions to Ask Yourself from What Ed Said: topics to consider to self-asess one's teaching. If you don't see the article, scroll down to older issues. The site is a gold mine of succinct, one-page, thought-provoking articles to spark discussion.
In Pursuit of The Perfect Brainstorm Business leaders tell The New York Times that we need students who can think.
Guess my Lexile Education Week Teacher Web Magazine
Rigor Redefined Tony Wagner, Transforming Education
Robert Marzano describes PLCs in iObservation: 6:07 minutes plus a series of 10 videos: What do we know for sure and how can we get this information to teachers?
Solution Tree: Rebecca DuFour, 4 Critical Questions of a PLC: 1:33 minutes
Teachers As Brain Changers - Education Week Teacher
Brain-Based Teaching and Testing Eric Jensen article; perfect for staff meeting or PLC
We Used To Think What we think now about how to teach learning
What The Kardashians Taught Me About Reading - excellent & practical
How to Coach a Resistant Teacher Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Added 5/9/13.
ENGAGEMENT
20 Ways to Keep Your Kids' Attention - article but there's a website, too.
ENGAGEMENT - TESA - Teacher Education Student Achievement - Engagement Activities
What Engages Kids In Their Own Words - love this article, which does what the title says
New Ways to Get Their Attention Blog, "Confessions of a Nerdy Teacher," List of strategies
Transitions 14 minute Video Teacher Channel; 2/2/13
LESSON PLANNING
15 Ways to Vary Instruction by Jim Burke to spur discussion about differentiation.
Pace Edutopia writer offers 7 tips for lesson planning and flow of the lesson.
The Do's And Dont's of Teaching Suggestions for new teachers from a second year teacher. ASCD Membership.
Reduce Teacher Talk Time by Ivan Senisse - This is actually a PowerPoint posted by the author, which outlines strategies for increasing the time students talk in the classroom.
Links are working as of 5/27/13